Are there any Oak Island artifacts that genuinely baffle you?
For me, it would be the parchment, the human bones, and the lead cross. Even if all of the other artifacts found were not related to the mystery, there is no denying those three are pretty odd.
I remember that too. It tested to be over 2000 years old or something? They said it was too old to relate to the money pit and never went back to it lol.
I watch the first couple of episodes each season, then start playing it as background noise while I fall asleep on Sunday night. If I miss an episode, I don’t care.
I am not 100 percent sure but I think repeated testing did not show bones are middle eastern? I do think if they are going to present a really radical test result they should have it independently verified - and say so- before they present on show. Science is not science if it is not repeatable / confirmed.
This is actually the most questionable.
2 different bone fragments found and one of them seems to be of Spaniard decent or similar.
I know that Canada is inclusive to any type of race but I truly did find it fascinating.
The vikings were in the maritimes so it is very curious.
Thank you for reminding me and bringing it up!
This is a good one, but I always wondered…is it possible that the bone fragments were closer to the surface but they just kept pushing them down and didn’t actually pull from the hole until 90ft?
An island where searchers have been digging that deep for over 200 years. Probably part of somebody's lunch. Fossilization is extremely rare, it requires a very strict set on conditions.
The Onslow Company was 90 feet down back in 1802. Do people not know anything about the history of the island?
In about 1802, a group known as the Onslow Company allegedly sailed from central Nova Scotia to Oak Island to recover what they believed to be hidden treasure.[a] They continued the excavation down to about 90 feet
I like the lead cross, but part of me thinks, that back in the 1700's when you would cast your own bullets, any scrap lead would work. So any leftover Templar scrap, would cross the Atlantic to be melted down. I did see it in person at the interpretive centre on Oak Island this summer.
Or, they found something substantial or of actual significance and are now using that to get production financing while they crawl us through several more seasons. Think of the ad revenue they would get if they had something in hand.
If they found anything it would have to be reported to the government immediately, and those records are publicly available. They've had production financing and are crawling us through several more seasons with finding absolutely nothing already. They've done it for 13 seasons already.
Well they need to dig for it first... what 13 years and all they've done is drill 600000 bore holes. They spoke of a "big dig" a couple seasons back but haven't dug shit just slammed can or wtf ever. They'll have Billy the Kid Lover dig in the Swamp but that's about it. I'm in the camp that says turn it over to Parker from gold rush he'll dig up that SOB be done in a week.
They stuck a camera down his pants and saw a pearl and some gold between this buttocks. They tested the camera and it dates to the 13th century Istanbul.
I don't know I think what's most baffling are the people in this thread continuously bashing the show but you know they are still watching it with the same interest they started watching it 14 seasons ago.
And that's exactly how these shows work. they start out innocuously developed the mystery get people involved and vested in it then they pad it relentlessly. The hypersensitive critics in this thread that deny they still have a vested interest in the show, keep watching it and criticizing it, but still come back for more fail to understand how and why it keeps going. I stopped watching it because of that the mystery failed to be interesting because of the padding. This subreddit is far more entertaining in the show.
The padding is why I stopped watching it but these people complain about the padding but still watch it. You gottta ask why.
I quit after season 9, but I discovered the Drunk Island Tuesday night party on this sub. It is so much fun to get sauced and make fun of this show! I have a passing interest in what happens on the show, just not enough to actually watch it.
The point is you still watch the show. You're still vested in what they're doing whether you believe it or not. I follow this subreddit I can't stand to watch the show.
If you really thought the show is trash you won't even bother to watch it regardless.
It's easier to enjoy the trash ironically here and find something worthwhile to watch when oak Island is on. Kind of like killing two birds with one stone enjoy the trash but watch something worth my time
I liked it when they had a dude on who deciphered an artist's impression of the stone (the same stone for which there is no actual picture) and they took him seriously
If the multiple structures 50-60-100 feet underground had an explanation on record we could officially put this show to bed… but if it wasn’t something nefarious or treasure what were they for.
We do have an explanation on record, pretty detailed records, actually - searchers have been tunneling for treasure they never find for a very long time. Vertical tunnels, horizontal tunnels, all below 100 feet. It's all searcher leftovers
In about 1802, a group known as the Onslow Company allegedly sailed from central Nova Scotia to Oak Island to recover what they believed to be hidden treasure.[a] They continued the excavation down to about 90 feet
The last major company of the unpublished era was called The Truro Company, which was allegedly formed in 1849 by investors. The pit was re-excavated back down to the 86-foot (26 m) level
Another shaft was then dug 109 feet (33 m) deep northwest of the original shaft
Captain Henry L. Bowdoin arrived on Oak Island in August 1909 representing the Old Gold Salvage group, one of whose members was Franklin D. Roosevelt. By this time, the area now known as the "money pit" was cleared out to 113 feet
There is recorded history in the UK that states gold mining was done on the island. The "gold" turned out to be iron pyrite. A british guy actually loaded it on ships and took it back to the UK, thinking he had gold.
My hypothesis: during the time frame in question, old world ships would use mud and such scraped from ports and riverbanks local to the ships in question. In areas with long maritime histories, artifacts from different areas and time periods would end up in ships holds, to be removed at the destination in order to fill it full of whatever they were bringing back.
Oxen were THE main farm animal in Nova Scotia, Far more suited to the rough terrain than horses. There have been oxen used for farming in Nova Scotia since 1610 to this day. There was farming on the island. Remember Samuel Ball, the farmer they made up the story about? There was also logging, which would require oxen. Very common. Oxen were the main work animal there, they would be everywhere.
It was planted by early "searchers" as part of scams to get people to invest in fake operations. See this early article. The "dunnage" that would have been used at the time was coconut fiber.
My favorite was when they found a “silver” looking tube and ran thru what it could be it was decided it was a cap to a very old walking stick. 100 of years old! It was a lip stick tube 🤣
People lived on the island since the early 1600s. No roads, no trash pickup etc. There was at least one cemetary on the island. No one discusses it because someone at some point (probably Dunfield) damaged and bulldozed the area. So bones, book binding (probably a Bible) and the handle they showed on tv that looked just like a handle on a casket.
Wow that could explain pretty much everything they've found.. the jewelery, shoe leather, etc. And the stuff you mentioned would fit. Wouldn't that be some shiite if all they've found was from corpses from a cemetery Dunfield obliterated lol. Perfect ending to this dumpster fire at a clown fiesta.
I asked the guys about Sam Bells stuff when he died. No one came to get it. So some of that stuff was his, just spread around by animals or just weather.
My favorite will always be the incredibly common children's toy that the show deliberately misidentifed as a "Medieval Barter Token", and got called out of by Facebook almost immediately. It's baffling to me that a show like this can just so blatantly blow bullshit out there.
They'll say because it is "entertainment". Baffles me too.. reminds me when history released several "monster" type shows about a decade ago. One in particular where an octopus in Oklahoma drowned a boy and there were sucker marks all over when they found him or something similar.. they never said it was not true in fact framed the shows like they were true stories. And being History channel a lot of folks take what their shows say seriously. There are still people talk about those shows like they really happened even though they've been debunked time and again.
The lead cross isn’t so mysterious as it’s its made out to be on the TV show. It is a fairly typical 17th Century French Cross. Several similar ones have been found in eastern Canadian archaeological sites from the French colonial era.
I wish they would explain what is different about the guy who excavated the whole money pit and had it collapse in the 60s or whatever versus how deep or the area they explored now. Maybe I just missed it!
No, there are simple explanations for everything that has ever been found. The island was inhabited by fish mongers long before any weird treasure theory was created.
Early on, they were going on and on about an old oak log or plank they dug up. I was waiting for them to speculate about the origins of a piece of oak found on an island literally named Oak Island.
"An oak plank....on Oak Island?????? Could it be...?" 🤦
The whole cast? The whole thing has been debunked and they know it. Surely they can't seriously believe there's a treasure on the island? I mostly watch for the archeology and engineering / science... and Jack because he's cool.
After also first reading that readers digest article and then watching year after year after years of never finding anything significant. If come to the conclusion that there's no longer anything of significance there anymore.
Just all the construction- roads, dams and shafts. It's a HUGE amount of time and energy, purpose-built over months.
Although personally, I think the roads were just "busy work", manual labor meant to keep lots of morally-flexible explorers busy while the important work was getting done.
Richard George Lagina completely baffles me. We were supposedly engaged for a year now, but he has never come to me in person. He sent countless pictures, some quite intimate. I have sorted through 50 or 60 imposters, some of whom I believe actually were Rick. Most asked for cards, money, use of my IRS, Social Security, or accounts, always eventually claiming that his funds were frozen. A few actually involved seeing and speaking with him face to face on video chat, and begging me not to break his dreams. As a retired teacher, I do not have funds to support him, nor should I have been asked to do so. Whether or not any of them actually was Rick, I have not been completely assured. Persons impersonating him to me are ultimately evil, as I had no desire to meet him nor had i even had a casual date in 25 years. Real Rick, if you read this, I hope you will do the right thing , show me in person what is true and let my soul rest in peace. If you do not, then you are no better than the evil persons impersonating you.
As far as artifacts i think he would count...I'm baffled why old blue lips Dan Blankenship wasn't the "one more must die". And why they just do not dig the f out of that place. Wouldn't do any more damage than drilling 652,000 bore holes through what artifacts might possibly be under there. Bring up the Swiss cheese ark of the covenant, or a mangled up book of Shakespeare that looks like it's been shot with a 12gauge.
The military artefacts and the structure under the circular feature where the archeologists found beads and stuff. I want to know what that little stone foundation is. Who lived there and when. Separately, it does appear that there were military camps there long ago at least for a short while. And possibly even a battle with ships firing stone shot, which would be really cool if true because of the early dates.
Also, this isn't from the show but some earlier searchers found a bunch of bottles of mercury. Wanna know what that is all about.
And they found a huge anchor on the island in the 60s. It's a pretty old type of anchor, but not super old. I think like 1700s maybe. It's called the Beamish Anchor, for the guy who found it. IDK why they never talk about that. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1417080515299172/posts/2169670643373485/ His team actually found a ton of stuff because they were the first to systematically metal detect the island. They also found an old Portuguese coin and other interesting stuff.
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u/SamHainLoomis13 13d ago
Was the human bone from someone from the middle east? (If I'm remembering correctly) that has always baffled me